Pointy Shoe Contortionist act

The pointy shoe trend started by King Henry II ,the king of England in the mid 1100's. He wanted to hide his deformed feet. 

Yes, "deformed" feet. Not everyone else has the pointy foot look. It isn't natural to squeeze your toes into a triangular hole when feet are more of a rounded shape.

In the 80s ladies wore the pointed heels to work. The trend took off causing foot problems such as bunions and crushed toes. To be wearing the shoes all day everyday would take a tole on your feet.

http://users.powernet.co.uk/wingett/History1.htm 

Above link is to a timeline of pointy/high heel shoes.

 It's interesting to think how influential a king or queen can be to fashion. Just because a powerful person  or celerity suites one type of fashion i.e. King Henry II and point shaped shoes, doesn't mean everyone else will also look the best in them. 

Everyone has different shaped feet so would fit different type of shoes. I'd rather protect my feet and wear rounded toe footwear. The very uncomfortable point puts pressure on toes and to me is really unappealing. 

Maybe nearly everyone wears them because magazines like Vogue feature them heavily in issues. Don't they realize how bad they are for your feet?

The left is how a foot is squeezed into a pointed shoe

The pointed stiletto is predominately feminine and boosts confidence. They make a foot appear a different shape. (More thin and longer) Duh! They do make your feet look different shape however, not natural looking and pointy. No normal average foot is triangle. You can easily get the same confidence boost with a rounder fronted heel. Or am I missing a point?   

Not only heels are pointy these days, even flat shoes to boots have a point on the front. Thankfully you can buy footwear with rounded toe part too but, they are less common for heels. That's what I've discovered anyway. You might like the pointy style, but think of your foot health. At least don't go out in them everyday, give your feet a rest from the point style every few days.

I find this trend painful, unnatural, awkward looking, pressure on the toes and ridiculous. Yeah, to me they are ridiculous as the feet get really badly distorted and squeezed when a foot is a precious part of the body that you can't take for granted. 

 Nearly everyone uses THEIR FEET everyday and to put them into gross positions almost like your toes are doing a contortionist act in your shoe, is to me ridiculous.